Apple will add the first 13-inch and 15-inch Touch Bar-equipped MacBook Pros to its vintage inventory on July 31, according to a memo distributed this week to Apple Stores and Apple Authorized Service Providers.
The first MacBook Pro models with the Touch Bar were released in October 2016 as part of a complete redesign of laptops. Other innovations included a thinner and lighter chassis, the hated butterfly keyboard, Touch ID, a larger trackpad, and the removal of all ports except Thunderbolt and headphone jack.
Apple removed the Touch Bar from the latest 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pros, but still bundles it with the 13-inch MacBook Pro.
A memo obtained by MacRumors indicates that the 9.7-inch iPad Pro and some other devices will also be classified as vintage at the end of the month. The full list of devices that will go vintage on July 31:
- MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2016, two Thunderbolt ports)
- MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2016, four Thunderbolt ports)
- MacBook Pro (15-inch, 2016)
- MacBook Air (13-inch Early 2015)
- MacBook (12-inch, Early 2016)
- iMac (21.5-inch Late 2015)
- iMac (27-inch, Retina 5K, Late 2015)iPad Pro (9.7-inch, Wi-Fi)
- iPad Pro (9.7-inch Wi-Fi + Cellular)
Apple classifies a device as “vintage” five years after it was last sold. The first MacBook Pro models with the Touch Bar were discontinued in June 2017, so the five-year milestone has just passed.
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